Where is the line between being thorough and excessive?

Years ago I made a rule for myself that I will only proofread an email twice before I send it. I was SO afraid I would send something out with a misspelling or use the wrong word (I'm a little bit dyslexic so it happens) and someone would think I was stupid. 

My fear of looking stupid grew when I joined a writers group after my first book was published. You have never seen people tear others down about grammar, word usage and the Oxford comma like a group of people for whom the rules of writing are seen as common sense. 

But what I realized is, proofreading something over and over without taking a break wasn't anymore likely to lead to me catching an error than reading it once. The second time was just for my anxiety.

I was wondering where the line between thorough and excessive was for other people so I asked Brandon Mahoney, David Horsewood and Christopher Martin how it worked for them.

Interestingly, what one thought might be excessive another found to be thorough.

What about you? Where is the line?    

Full disclosure: I proofread this three times because the first time I changed part of it so I had to reset the count. :-)

To connect with the panelists, please visit their LinkedIn profiles:
David Horsewood: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhorsewood/ 
Christopher Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismartincomms/
Brandon Mahoney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandoncmahoney/ 
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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